Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: running out of memory | Date | 8 Jul 1997 15:44:46 GMT |
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Followup to: <199707081241.OAA00707@devel.conexio.co.za> By author: Mike Kilburn <mike@conexio.co.za> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Why? Is there something peculiar about Linux memory management that > requires swap? I have a router/termserver running from ramdisk > without swap and its seems fine, hope its not going to crash on > me. I dont think update is really needed in this case either. >
No, but under a *typical* desktop load, with many processes, if you don't have enough swap you are basically wasting expensive RAM to save on cheap disk... A router is very different, since routing is a kernel affair. Furthermore, you're probebly willing to pay a little more so that you can run completely out of RAM, using a RAMdisk.
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